Years ago I created ABC Bible Verse Printables to go along with the wonderful Songs for Saplings ABC CD. These were featured on Totally Tots, for the “In My Heart” feature. For years I have been wanting to bundle up the printables and edit a few things and I am finally done! Ladybug is using these verses this year and LOVES them just as much as Krash did.

There are a few components to the printable pack, here are samples below…

Full Page Printable Display Poster…some of the songs feature just a portion of the verse, which is partly what makes this CD awesome for young tots. I put the full verse at the bottom of each poster if the song only featured a portion.

Flashcards… {these are what is hooked to our morning board with Velcro}

The printable pack was condensed for easier printing and laminating. The flashcards are 4 per page like this now…

Cut and Glue the Verse…again, these were condensed for better printing. They were also added in for many of the verses. They are all there now, originally I think I stopped making these somewhere in the middle of the set!

Coloring…many of these are in a shadow form so the child can “draw” over the image and color it in. Some kids will love this, others won’t!

First we all sat together and listened to the song, as Daddy pointed to the images and words on the main verse sheet.

This week I had a random idea to help bring a bit more fun into our night. The verse lent itself to a bit of fun by having the words “slimy pit” in it! I got a big empty box {which we had sitting over in the new schoolroom} and brought it into the living room and told the boys to get in. I taught them the meaning of the verse while they sat in the “slimy pit” We discussed how sin is the slimy pit we are stuck in and that God is there when we cry out. He gave us Jesus as our ROCK and gives us a firm place to stand! Then we listened to the song again and Daddy and I acted it out with the boys.

Here’s how we did it…

I waited patiently for the LORD; He turned to me {Daddy and I turned towards the boys and put our hands on our ears} and heard my cry {boys fake cried}.

He lifted me out of the slimy pit, out of the mud and mire;

He set my feet on a rock and gave me a firm place to stand.

Then we danced, giggled and did it all over, and over again. I LOVE the smiles on the boys’ faces in this photo. They truly had so much fun!!!

After the fun, we used the small verse cards to review the verse and the meaning. The boys put the cards in order and we were done!

I love this new simple routine, less planning on my part and still quality family time soaking in God’s Word! We will still be doing our Bible story nights too, mostly when we come upon them as we read the Bible daily to the kids each morning.

~We had Kirsten there who took the pictures for me!!! Ladybug was beat and already in bed by the time we did this! She would have had fun though!

We used the awesome printables Valerie made for Totally Tots to learn this verse and what it means. Valerie is now making smaller versions, and several other printables to go with each verse. She also went back and added these to the first 2 verses! Be sure to check out all of them to gather all of the wonderful printables for each verse!

As we listened I held up the smaller card for the portion that was playing. After listening, we went through and discussed each card. Then I mixed them up and had Krash count as Pax found the correct card and they placed them in order.

We then listened to the song again and the boys pointed to the correct card as the song played.

I also printed one of the coloring sheets for Krash and the cursive copywork sheet for Pac Man. They will be completing these this week.

It was a short but very nice evening. Sometimes the simple nights are the best ;-).